Concede resources to other applications

Windows

Consumption of computer resources by Kaspersky Endpoint Security when scanning a computer may increase the load on the CPU and hard drive subsystems. This may slow down other applications. To optimize the performance, Kaspersky Endpoint Security provides a mode for transferring resources to other applications. In this mode, the operating system can decrease the priority of Kaspersky Endpoint Security scan task threads when the CPU load is high. This allows redistributing operating system resources to other applications. Thus, scan tasks will receive less CPU time. As a result, Kaspersky Endpoint Security will take longer to scan the computer. By default, the application is configured to concede resources to other applications.

Postpone or skip scheduled tasks while running on battery power

Windows

Linux

If this functionality is enabled, Kaspersky Endpoint Security switches to energy conservation mode.

Windows Kaspersky Endpoint Security postpones scheduled tasks. You can start a scan and update tasks manually, if necessary.

Linux Kaspersky Endpoint Security cancels scheduled tasks. You can start a scan and update tasks manually, if necessary.

When energy conservation mode is enabled and a computer is running on battery power, the following tasks are not run, even if scheduled:

• Malware Scan
• Anti-malware database update
• Application Integrity Check
• IOC Scan.

Limit CPU usage for scan tasks

Windows

macOS

Linux

Consumption of computer resources during Kaspersky Endpoint Security scanning may increase the load on the CPU and hard drive subsystems. This may slow down other applications. To optimize Kaspersky Endpoint Security performance, you can limit CPU usage via the Malware Scan task.

If this functionality is enabled, the average load on all CPU cores from the Malware Scan task approaches the specified value.

Memory usage limit for scan tasks (MB)

Linux

You can configure the memory usage limit for scan tasks. By default, the limit is 8192 MB.

Configure exclusion of process memory from scans

Linux

You can configure scan exclusions for process memory. The application will not scan the memory of the specified processes.

Specify the path to the processes that the application will exclude from process memory scanning. You can use masks to specify the path. By default, the list is empty.

Limit application memory usage

Linux

You can configure the resident memory usage limit for the application. By default, the automatic limit is applied.

Limit calculation method:

• Unlimited. If this option is selected, resident memory usage is not limited.
• Set an exact value (%).
• Set an exact value (MB).
• Use the lowest of the two values (% or MB).
• Use the highest of the two values (% or MB).
• Limit automatically (recommended). If this option is selected, resident memory usage is limited automatically.

Enable application stability monitoring

Linux

You can enable or disable Kaspersky Endpoint Security application stability monitoring, which tracks the number of abnormal application halts and notifies the administrator of unstable application performance.

If the check box is selected, the application monitors the operation of Kaspersky Endpoint Security.

To apply the setting, restart the application.

If the application is unstable, the following message is displayed in the properties of the device with the installed application: <Number> abnormal halts of the application since <date and time>.